Where do people live that make 65-75k HHI?
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Anonymous
| PP again - that was 10 years ago. Rents have no doubt increased. |
Anonymous
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Fairfax Co.
Fredericksburg Woodbridge The crappy part of Takoma Park. |
Anonymous
| They live in dc with roommates |
Anonymous
| We rent in downtown Silver Spring. Two bedroom. Was 4 people until last month when my young adult moved out. Yay! One down, one to go and we are out of effing MoCo. |
Anonymous
| Maryland! |
Anonymous
| The median income in the District is around $50,000. |
Anonymous
| Alexandria west end and Fairfax County Alexandria (Huntington, Kingstowne, Framconia, etc.), parts of Springfield and Annandale, Woodbridge, hell you could probably rent a 1 bedroom in South Arlington in your budget. When we first moved here H was making about 65k and I hadn't found a job yet but we easily found a 2 bedroom condo to rent near Kingstowne. Iirc it was $1600/month. Definitely pricey at that income level but doable. |
Anonymous
| Town home in Rockville |
Anonymous
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My take home is about $42k. PITI on condo in NWDC is about $21k a year (about $1700 a month), student loans are about $5k a year.
I live nicely on the $16k that I have left to spend. Hoping to pay the condo off early. Was looking at the rents and found them all much cheaper in Alexandria, Annandale and even Oakton, Vienna, Fairfax. I also paid my car off in 2 years at $660 a month. Can live on minimum of $500 a month which I spend on phone, food, gas, toiletries and other incidentals. |
Anonymous
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Florida, Michigan. Both affordable on that salary. |
Anonymous
| My parents have a pension in that range and they just bought a townhouse in Centreville, but they had a paid-off house in Ohio to sell to cover $150k and keep their mortgage low. |
Anonymous
| Roommates was how I dealt with this. Same with a good number of friends. I lived in a slum in Arlington for a long time. I could afford it making $45k a year 10 years ago. Not sure what that kind of place is charging now. |
Anonymous
| We live in a small apartment out in Alexandria near the Mark Center. If you aren't in walking distance to a metro, things get considerably cheaper. Yes, we have to take a bus to the metro if we want to go into the city but it's fine. |
Anonymous
| I lived in Glover Park...one bedroom, very old apartment. |
Anonymous
Yes but then you marry and 50x2= 100k. I lived with roommates until I got married and it was very affordable. |